Sampling of wheat dust and subsequent analysis of deoxynivalenol by LC-MS/MS

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Jul 3;61(26):6259-64. doi: 10.1021/jf401323s. Epub 2013 Jun 19.

Abstract

An LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of deoxynivalenol in wheat dust. Extraction was carried out with acetonitrile/water/acetic acid (79/20/1, v/v/v) followed by a hexane defatting step. Analysis was performed using a Waters Acquity UPLC system coupled to a Quattro Premier XE mass spectrometer. The method was validated according to the criteria mentioned in Commission Decision 2002/657/EC. Due to a high contamination level of wheat dust compared to wheat, limit of detection and limit of quantitation levels of 358 ng/g and 717 ng/g, respectively, were obtained. A small survey was executed on raw wheat materials and their corresponding dust samples (n = 12). The samples were analyzed according to the developed procedure. A linear correlation (R² = 0.941) was found for the deoxynivalenol concentration in dust versus the deoxynivalenol concentration in wheat. Therefore, it would be possible to estimate the cereal contamination through dust contamination.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Belgium
  • Dust / analysis*
  • Flour / analysis
  • Flour / economics
  • Food Contamination*
  • Food Inspection / methods*
  • Food-Processing Industry / economics
  • Industrial Waste / analysis
  • Industrial Waste / economics
  • Mycotoxins / analysis*
  • Mycotoxins / chemistry
  • Seeds / chemistry*
  • Trichothecenes / analysis*
  • Trichothecenes / chemistry
  • Triticum / chemistry*

Substances

  • Dust
  • Industrial Waste
  • Mycotoxins
  • Trichothecenes
  • deoxynivalenol